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Minutes: December 2009

Below are the Minutes from December’s meeting. Meetings are held the second Friday of each month at 7:30pm at the Polish Home. New members are always welcome.

December 11, 2009

Call to order @ 7:35 by Debra

34 in attendance

Presentation of photographs highlighting SGSCA

OLD BUSINESS

Gdynia Business Week: Based on the success of the Washington Business Week’s (WBW) student exchange, SGSCA has created a similar program in Gdynia. We continue to recap the success of 2009’s program, and plan for 2010’s.

This topic is tabled until January

Washington Business Week: This is an annual event; students from Gdynia come to attend Washington Business Week’s summer courses.

This topic is tabled until January

Film Festival: The Film Festival committee is currently on hiatus.

This topic is tabled until January

Paczki Challenge: On Fat Tuesday, Metropolitan Market hosts a Paczki Challenge. SGSCA would like to assist with promotion on this event.

This topic is tabled until January

Guests of Honor: If you know someone who would be interested in SGSCA, or has ties to the Polish community, please invite them to our meetings.

Grazyna Ostrom and her mother, Krystyna, were at December’s meeting to promote their film, A Trip To Nowhere. The film brings Polish deportations during WWII to light, and is in the final stages of production.

Motion: Approve $1500 of SGSCA funds to help with final production costs, and assist Grazyna with finding aditional grants and donations.

Seconded, approved unanimously

Rev. Tony from the Catholic Seamen’s Club was our special guest at December’s meeting.

Mike presented Rev. Tony with a picture of the Black Madonna bought in Czestochowa